Briefs: Christmas tree recycling available

Christmas tree recycling available

MANSFIELD - The City of Mansfield is offering Christmas tree recycling at the City Service Complex, 480 Park Avenue East.

Residents may bring trees, free of tinsel and decorations, during open hours of 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The trees will be ground into mulch. For details, call the service complex at 419-755-9803.

Richland County residents also may take Christmas trees, free of ornaments and tinsel, to any Richland County Solid Waste Authority's recycling drop-off box locations or outside the fence at the yard waste facility, 441 Cairns Road. The RCSWA Christmas tree recycling is available until Jan. 15. For details, call 419-774-5861.

Gateway's food pantry open Thursday

MANSFIELD - The food pantry at Gateway Resource Center will be open 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, at 486 Springmill St. Numbers may be picked up beginning at noon.

Library's teen anime club to meet Monday

MANSFIELD - The Mansfield/Richland County Public Library teen anime club will meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Jan. 8 at the main library, 43 W. Third St.

Teens in sixth through twelfth grade may attend. The event will feature games, snacks, music and videos. No registration is required for this free program. For more upcoming programs, visit www.mrcpl.org.

Evans awarded scholarships at Ohio State

SHELBY - Haley Evans of Shelby has been selected to receive scholarships from the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University. Evans, an agriscience education major, was awarded the Clarence A. And Beatrice E. Rohrbach Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Ruth Sonner Adams Study Abroad Scholarship Fund in CFAES for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Each year, CFAES awards undergraduate students approximately $2.1 million in scholarships. This year, students in the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership (ACEL) received $253,721 through CFAES college and department scholarships.